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...Afghanistan link...
...Sayyaf was founded in 1991 by Abdurajak Janjalani, who returned to his native Basilian after a spell in Afghanistan, where he'd gone to join the anti-Soviet jihad. Janjalani's militant group was funded by front organizations linked with al Qaeda, and had hosted 1993 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef during his stay in the Philippines. Yousef, who had trained with Janjalani in a camp at Khost, hoped to use Abu Sayyaf operatives to attack U.S. airliners in the Philippines. The Filipino organization's longstanding affection for the Pakistani terrorist is reflected in the fact that they typically...
Duhalde's economic plan will bring more pain to Argentina's middle class. By breaking the 10-year-old link between the peso and the dollar and allowing a devaluation of the local currency, the new government hopes to improve the competitiveness of Argentine exports. But that will mean rising prices at home and substantial bankruptcies, among both households and businesses. (Most Argentine debts are denominated in dollars and will now have to be repaid with less-valuable pesos.) If rising prices and bankruptcies lead to more social unrest, watch out. Not long ago, Latin America was known less...
With UCLA’s upset over Kansas Saturday, Harvard can now make its claim for the top spot in the new Associated Press top-25 poll. For those to whom the link is not readily apparent, an explanation: earlier this season, UCLA lost to USC. Since then, the Trojans have lost to Fresno State, who lost to Wake Forest, who lost to Syracuse, who lost to Georgia Tech. Penn beat the Yellow Jackets, and, at least until the two teams square off again in Philadelphia, Harvard has Penn’s number...
...With that history, Israelis have been infuriated by the muted world reaction to the Karine A seizure. It took a visit to Washington by a high-ranking delegation from Israeli military and naval intelligence to get the State Department to link Arafat's Authority to the arms, though the U.S. won't tie Arafat directly to the boat. Arafat's advisers say he expects the U.S. to use his embarrassment over the Karine A to make him crack down on Hamas and another violent group, Islamic Jihad, a long-standing demand by Israel and the U.S. "I don't envy...